Chapter 231: Li Haoran

Out of respect for the Phoenix clan ancestor and the world's beautiful fantasies about the phoenix, Lu Yang felt that there was no need for him to talk about the ancient secrets he had just learned.

Lu Yang felt that he carried too many things; he was only in the Foundation Establishment stage.

It stood to reason that a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator who knew many ancient secrets could use them to obtain various opportunities.

For example, an ancient race lost its inheritance. Lu Yang smiled slightly and casually stated the place of inheritance, allowing the ancient race to regain its inheritance. They were amazed at Lu Yang and wanted to send the saintess to him as his wife.

Or entering an ancient secret realm, where others were fighting to pass the levels, he knew the principles, walked leisurely to get the final reward, and left a group of geniuses dumbfounded.

Or a treasure that no one cared about appeared at an auction, and no one could see the treasure's function, almost failing to sell. Only Lu Yang knew that this was a secret treasure of someone in the ancient era, worth a fortune, and he bought it at a low price.

Lu Yang hadn't encountered a single one of the above adventures.

Lu Yang felt that knowing a bunch of ancient secrets was useless; he couldn't use any of them.

Lu Yang pondered, where did the problem go wrong?

The matter of the Phoenix Blood Stone came to an end. After tossing and turning for a night, the biggest gain was inadvertently destroying the Jiuyou Sect's conspiracy, as well as Li Haoran knowing that Su Shishi was a body cultivator.

When Li's father and mother woke up and looked at the bottomless hole a person wide in the courtyard, they fell into deep thought.

It was fine before going to bed, so why was there such a big hole after waking up?

Su Shishi was worried that the movement at night would wake up Li's father, mother, and Qin Yanyan, so she set up a formation to isolate the outside sound for them.

To tell the truth, the movement of Su Shishi hammering the old phoenix corpse last night wasn't small. It was just that Li Haoran's family didn't hear it, but everyone else in Luofeng County heard it.

The County Magistrate announced to the outside world that underground work was being carried out at night, and the force wasn't controlled well, causing inconvenience to everyone, and asked for understanding.

He couldn't say that he, the County Magistrate, was incompetent and was taken advantage of by the Jiuyou Sect. If it weren't for Su Shishi, everyone would be finished.

If he said that, his position as County Magistrate would be over.

"There was a little accident last night. Some bad people snuck in secretly. Fortunately, Senior Su made a move." Lu Yang briefly talked about the situation last night, omitting the Phoenix Blood Stone, the County Magistrate, the Mo family head, the Jiuyou Sect, and the old phoenix.

In general, nothing happened last night.

Qin Yanyan rolled her eyes at Lu Yang, who was talking nonsense. To let her mother make a move and hammer out such a big hole, the things that happened last night definitely weren't small.

However, it was inconvenient for her to ask in front of Li's father and mother, so she let Lu Yang talk nonsense.

Li's father and mother nodded knowingly. After Lu Yang promised to fill the big hole, they didn't pursue the matter of the big hole anymore.

The hole was pitch black. If someone could ignore the darkness, they would see an old phoenix lying at the bottom of the hole.

According to Jiang Shan, this deceased old phoenix senior was buried here voluntarily. As for what hidden story was in it, he didn't know.

"Senior Su, I think..."

"Call me Yiren." Su Shishi finally found an opportunity to correct Li Haoran's address for her. Her tone was gentle, like a gentle village that could make heroes sink, and no one could associate her with the body cultivator from last night.

Although Su Shishi was a body cultivator, she wasn't the kind of muscle full of explosive power like the Third Elder. Her body lines were symmetrical, in line with public aesthetics, more like a fitness expert in Lu Yang's past life.

"Yi, Yiren..." Li Haoran said stutteringly.

"Eh." Su Shishi smiled.

"I think we might not..."

Just before the three words "not suitable" were said, Su Shishi's index finger gently pressed on Li Haoran's lips.

"Haoran, I know you can't accept this truth for a while. We are all cultivators and have a long life. Let's try to accept each other initially and adapt slowly. If it's really not suitable, you can propose breaking up again, okay?"

Li Haoran couldn't say words of refusal and nodded gently.

Su Shishi smiled and let go of her hand. Qin Yanyan, who was watching from the side, stomped her feet in anger.

Su Shishi's index finger seemed to be gently pressed on Li Haoran's lips, but only Li Haoran knew how much force this finger had, so much that he couldn't open his mouth at all.

However, even if Su Shishi didn't press his mouth, he still wanted to try with Su Shishi.

Su Shishi's purpose for this trip had been achieved, so she didn't stay here anymore. She was worried that being too enthusiastic would make Li Haoran uncomfortable, so it was better to keep a distance and give each other some space.

Su Shishi and Qin Yanyan stayed for a day. After dinner, they left directly. Before leaving, she secretly set up various formations beneficial to Li's father and mother, and waved to Li Haoran: "I will come to find you when I have time."

Another day passed. Li Haoran performed cultivation for his parents as usual, practicing boxing and sitting in meditation.

But as he practiced, he discovered something wrong. The spiritual power in his body surged, one layer after another, and his fingers and toes couldn't help but stretch and curl. This was a manifestation of spiritual power overflow.

"Going to advance? That's right, counting the time, it's time to promote." It wasn't the first time Li Haoran had encountered this situation. He had encountered similar things during the Qi Condensation stage.

He was now in the early Foundation Establishment stage. Because he had soaked in magma for too long, his Foundation Establishment time was more than a month later than the four people including Lu Yang.

Among the top five of the same session, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had just entered the late Foundation Establishment stage, Tao Yaoye and Seeing Man Gu had stayed in the mid Foundation Establishment stage for a period of time, and Li Haoran was the slowest in progress.

Now he was finally about to catch up with the progress of the four.

Li Haoran transmitted his voice, asking Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou to protect him.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had long woken up and had been lying on the bed. Hearing that his good brother was going to advance, he couldn't care about washing up, quickly got up and came to the courtyard to protect Li Haoran.

Li Haoran sat cross-legged, took two deep breaths, and a small air vortex formed on his head, absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy. A crackling sound rang out in his body. This was tempering the body in the way of weapon refining, making blood vessels, meridians, acupuncture points, organs, etc., become hard.

His body surface became red, like a piece of red-hot iron. Sweat was discharged to his body surface, making a sizzling sound. The sweat drops were fine and dense, turning into water mist and evaporating in the blink of an eye.

Fortunately, this change wouldn't last too long. He let out a muffled hum, his aura surged, a major cycle was completed, and he successfully entered the mid Foundation Establishment stage.

As he entered the mid Foundation Establishment stage, a memory he had never experienced appeared in his mind, exceptionally intimate, as if he had experienced it himself.

"Hmm?"

He slowly opened his eyes, his expression puzzled.

"What's wrong?" Lu Yang asked with concern, thinking that something had gone wrong with his cultivation.

"My past life... seems to be the Jiuyou Sect Master."

Li Haoran's tone was full of uncertainty.

"What?"

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